The leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah cast the insurgency against the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad as a facade designed to weaken Iran’s regional access and make “changes to the map”, vowing to stay in Syria until it could “defeat the apostate project.”

United States State Department spokesman John Kirby denies any United States role in clashes between the SDF/YPG and Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army rebels west of Mare, and says that the clashes 'can only give new oxygen to IS.'